Hoover Middle School

If you have a kid that requires a bit of extra attention I suggest this is not that school. Found out they had my kid playing with toys meanwhile they had other kids learning. Just because he struggles with focusing.

They prioritize attendance above all on account of their concern for funding. They do not honor IEPs. Any solutions they offer during IEPs when there is a medical or questionable underlying medical condition are all made as a means to quiet the parent. They are rarely followed through on. Communication does not exist and most the time parent's concerns will be ignored. School nurse's will badmouth you in front of your children and relatives. They will not hesitate to pass judgement either on you via phone call. They do not honor doctor's notes and put your children at risk of injury. Instructors do not communicate with each other. There is no collaboration making it hard to have an effective team for healthy supports in place. Would not recommend this school to anyone who has students who have special needs. They will automatically dub your student as the problem and will take zero accountability themselves. Should you seek their help, their best advice to you will be to remove your student from their school and seek online alternatives. They are a perfect mirror reflection of what is wrong with today's society. Shame on you, El Dorado!

It has been an honor to work at the school under Ms. Lovato. She cares about every child in the school. She knows all of their names. She is very involved in every child's education. She treats the teachers like professionals. She does not micro manage. She is always out at the parking lot in the morning or after school. She is always working lunch duties. The teachers work so hard at this school to keep all children safe.

Being a parent, my experience with this school has been negative, especially with the leader. How do we expect our kids to spend seven hours inside this building when just two seconds between drop off and pick up we feel disrespected and unwelcome?

This school was a nightmare. One child was bored out of their mind and the other child was bullied constantly with no adult intervention. I had several meetings with the principal (when she would show up) and they were a joke. I had to pull my kids out after weeks of trying to find any resolution and no support. Icing on the cake was two months later I tried to substitute there for a sped class and they canceled the job and removed me from seeing sub jobs there. Stay away.